Garment-pocket.



S. D. CHELF.

GAHMENT POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED M1522. me.

Y Patented @1124,1917.

SIIVIEON D. CHELF, OF KENSINGTON, KANSAS.

GARMENT-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application mea aune 22, 191e. serial No. 105,227.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SrMnoN D. CHELF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kensington, in the county of Smith and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Pockets, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to garment pockets and more especially to the side pockets of trousers and has as its primary object to provide a pocket having walls so arranged as to elfectually prevent the surreptitious removal of the contents of the pocket without the wearer of the garment being apprised of the fact.

It is another aim of the invention to provide a pocket ofthe class mentioned so made up or constructed as to be entirely free from snap fastenings, buttons and other similar elements usually employed in pockets of this type and which pocket of the present invention will not in any way interfere with cleaning and pressing of the garment.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a pocket of this type which may be manufactured practically as readily as the ordinary pocket and which will not be materially more expensive to manufacture than the ordinary pocket.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional perspective view illustrating the inside of a portion of a pair of trousers and the pocket embodying the present invention associated therewith, a portion of one wall of the pocket being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrow.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the waist portion of a pair of trousers and 2 the usual apron which is arranged at the inner side of thetrousers along the waist band thereof. The numeral 3 indicates in general the mouth of the pocket and also the usual opening in the side of the trousers through which the hand may be inserted when it is desired to gain access to the pocket. The pocket proper includes an invner wall 4 and an outer wall 5 and these yedges of the walls 4 and 5 are united to each other and also to the waist band of the garment by a line of stitching 7. A line of stitching 8 is run through the lower edges of the walls 4 and 5 and a suitable distance along the rear edges of the said walls, as indicated at 9, these rear edges above the upper end of the line of stitching 9, however, being left mutually ununited.

In carrying out the invention a partition wall is provided between the walls 4 and 5 of the pocket and this partition wall is indicated in general by the numeral l0. The said partition wall includes a relatively straight rear edge 11, which when the partition wall is assembled between the walls 4 and 5, registers with and is stitched to the corresponding edge of the wall 4, the upper edge of the wall 10 registering with the upper edge of the wall 4 at the rear portion thereof. The lower portion of the rear edge 11 of the said partition wall 10 and the lower edge of the said wall register respectively with the corresponding portions of the edges of the wall 4 and are united thereto and to the wall 5 by the lines of stitching 8 and 9 heretofore referred to. The partition wall 10 of the pocket is provided with a hemmed forward edge the lower portion of which is curved forwardly as indicated at 13. The forward edge of the said wall is indicated by the numeral 14 and is united by a line of stitching 15, to the walls 4 and 5 within the fold at the 'uncture of the forward edges of these walls.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be understood that in order to prevent ones purse or loose bills, coins or other articles being surreptitiously removed from the pocket, it is only necessary, upon inserting the purse or the like into the pocket, to drop the same over the forward edge of the partition wall 10. Therefore, when the contents of the pocket are placed between the wall 4 and the partition wall 10, any one attempting to remove the contents would be required to pass his hand about the forward edge of the partition wall, which would be certain to attract the attention of the wearer of the garment embodying the pocket.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A garment pocket having side walls and a partition wall arranged therebetween, the side walls at their rear edges being disconnected from each other to form the mouth of the pocket and the rear edge of the partition wall being united to the rear edge of one of the said side walls,'the partition wall having its forward edge spaced rearwardly from the forward edges of the side walls throughout its upper portion and at its lower portion extending substantially to the said forward edges of the side walls.

2. A garment pocket having inner and outer side walls united along their edges eX- cept for the upper portion of their rear edges throughout which they are relatively rearwardly from the forward edges of the side walls, the partition wall including a portion extending from the lower end of the [irst mentioned portion forwardly to the said forward edges of the side walls, and extending downwardly and united to the forward edges of the said side walls.

In testimony whereof l Vaffix my signature.

siMnoN n. CHELF. [as] Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

